Name Grammar

6.2.1

Titles in Italics

A title is the name of a creative work. Writers indicate titles in certain ways. For longer
works, such as books, movies, plays, or the names of newspapers or magazines, writers
underline titles when they are writing them by hand. When these titles are printed,
they appear in italics.

Book Title
The Girl Who Rode Like the Wind

> Identify the titles in the following examples, and write them in the space provided.

1.    Our local Daily Recorder had a story of a boy who raised horses.

2.    Allen Verman wrote a book about his childhood pet entitled My Very Best Friend.

3.    The movie about five castaways was called Trapped on an Island.

4.    I learned a lot about animals from the movie Friends, Servants, and Saviors.

5.    The film My Pretty Pony told the story of a young woman and her horse.

> Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make sure all titles are correctly
formatted.

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6.2.2

Titles in Quotation Marks

A title is the name given to a creative work. Writers indicate titles in certain ways. The
titles of shorter works, such as stories, articles, TV programs, or songs, appear in
quotation marks.

TV Program Title
“Animals on the Farm”

> Identify the titles in the following examples, and write them properly in the space
provided.

1.    The article in the magazine was called Great Trail Adventures.

2.    Arnold wrote a song called Black Like Coal about his horse.

3.    The castaway passed the time by writing a poem called On This Island.

4.    His favorite program, Animal Adventures, ran on Saturday nights.

5.    The Animal That Saved Me was published in a collection of animal stories.

> Decide if the following titles should be underlined or placed in quotation marks.

6.    The class read a fascinating book called What Animals Know.

7.    Aisha recited the poem The Boy Who Loved to Ride.

8.    The article came from the magazine Adventure Stories.

9.    We put on a play called Into the Night.

10.    Manny wrote a poem called Morning Has Broken.

> Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make sure all titles are correctly
formatted.

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6.2.3

Capitalizing Titles

A title is the name given to a creative work. Writers follow special rules for capitalizing
letters at the beginning of words in titles. The first and last words of a title always
begin with a capital letter. Most other words begin with capital letters, too. However,
articles, coordinating conjunctions, and short prepositions never begin with capital
letters unless they are the first or last word of the title.

The Boy Who Ran for Gold and Glory

> Write the following titles using the proper capitalization.

1.    living on a desert island

2.    the girl who loved to ride in the hills

3.    racing against the wind and rain

4.    in the land of the tallest trees

> Identify the titles in the sentences below, and write them using the proper
capitalization and punctuation.

5.    After I read the book partners in adventure, I wanted to get a horse.

6.    The poem when the thunder cracks gave me the chills.

7.    I read a short story about horses in the book tales of the wild west.

> Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make sure all titles are correctly
formatted.

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4.4.4

Review Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

A preposition is a word that shows relationships between other words in a sentence.

Common prepositions include above, after, at, during, for, through, in, on, of, to, and
with.

> Choose a preposition to complete each of the following sentences.

1.    I would like to live a farm.

2.    He looked up and saw the birds him.
3.    The girl rode her horse the driveway.
4.    The castaway built a hut encountering wild dogs.
5.    The trainer worked the horse.

> Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentences.

6.    I wanted to ride the horse around the track.

7.    Eliza will train the horses during the summer.

8.    Walter knew his cat’s life would change after the accident.

9.    The horse jumped over the barrier.

10.    In the fall, he and his dog were happy.

> Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make sure all prepositions and
prepositional phrases are used correctly.

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6.2.5

Connect to Writing: Using Titles Correctly

> Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
Tina wrote about books she has read this year. Read her paragraph and look for any revisions she should
make. Then answer the questions that follow.

Books I’ve Read

(1) I started with Tips for Horseback Riding. (2) I like to ride horses and want
to get better. (3) Next I read The Long Trail over the Mountains. (4) It is a novel about
a horse race. (5) There is a movie based on the book called The Long Trail. (6) I
finished by reading Galloping in the Galaxy, which is a science fiction novel about
horses.

1. Sentence 1 contains an error. Which of the following ways could you rewrite the sentence?

A. I started with, Tips for Horseback Riding,

B. I started with “Tips for Horseback Riding.”
C. I started with Tips for Horseback Riding.
D. Make no change.

2. Which of the following ways should Sentence 5 be rewritten?

A. There is a movie based on the book called “The Long Trail.”

B. There is a movie based on the book called The Long Trail.
C. There is a movie based on the book called, The Long Trail.
D. Make no change.

> What book have you read recently? Write two or three sentences about it.

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